Washing and drying machine



Patented Mar. 6, 1923.

PATENT OFFICE.

CORTES J OHNSON, 0F LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.

WSHING AND DRYING MACHINE.

Application ined November 11, 1919. serial No. 33717.

T 0 a, whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, Con'ras .ToirNsoN, a citizen ot' the United States,residing at Long Beach, in the county of Los Angeles and State ot'California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Washing andDrying Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in washing machines and moreparticularly to that type of washing machines adapted besides washingthe clothes, to wring or ex,- tract the water from them by centrifugalprocess although it may be applied to other types of washing machines aswell.

The objects of the invention are to pro- .vide means whereby the clothesmay be im'- mersed while being washed and the main /volume of Waterlowered from them sothat they may be wrung, said means being simple ofconstruction, easy to operate and so arranged that when in position towring the clothes the stability of the device will be increased.

A further object is to provide a washing machine ,of the abovecharacteremb'odying a liquid container adapted to be raised and loweredrelative -to a revolvable clothes receptacle in which avsplash of thewater in the container during the washing operation, and the waterremoved from the clothes during the wringing operation may be confinedwithin the washer.`

Other objects will appear hereinafter.A

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is an elevation of a washing and wringing machine embodyingthis invention, partially in section and:

Figure 2 is a fragmentary elevation show-` ing details of the windlass.Like numbers refer to like parts in both of the figures.

1 represents the frame of they machine which is preferably portable,being mounted on castors. 2 isa cylindrical shell immovably m'ountedvor'the frame and spaced above the bottom thereofand said shell has a bottomwith openings 3 therethrough.

Within the shell 2 is a rotatable cylindrical basket or container 4 forthe clothes and within^the basket is a vertically reciprocable clothespounder 5 both of "which are operated by mechanism mounted within thehousing 6 on, the cover 7, `description of this mechanism belngunnecessary as it forms-no part of this inventlon.

A tub or Water container 8 cylindrical in form and telescopin of theshell 2 is s idably mounted in the frame and is supported by a cable 9one end of' which is attached to the frame at the point 10 said cablepassing beneath thetub 8 over diametrically opposed guide pulleys 11projecting from the bottom thereof and 1s wound about a drum '.12forming part of a windlass which is attached Y ot' the machine. ThewindlassI has besides the drum 12, the usual crank 13, pawl 14 andratchet 15.

.It will. be seen that when the tub 8 is raised to surround the lowerportion of the shell 2 that water contained in the tub will.

enter said shell through lthe openings 3 in its bott-om and will immersethe clothes in the basket 4. In this position the washing process takes"place by action of the pounder 5.

When the clothes have been sufliciently cleansed in this manner the tub8 is lowered over the lower portion to the frame 1 by rotating the drum12 and unwinding the cable 9 therefrom The tub then assumes a positiondirectl beneath the shell and at the bottom of the rame. The water rnwsvfrom the shell through the. openings 3 into the ,tub and the weight ofthe water thusplaced near the bottom of themachine provides a lowcente'rof. gravity and materially stabilizes the machine during the wringinprocess which takes place while the tub is lowered and consists ofrapidly 'rotating the basket which extracts the water .from the clothestherein by centrifugal force, throwing the water into the shell fromwhich it drains to the tub beneath. The shell 2 elicircling ,basket 4serves during the drying operation to confine the water thrown from theclothes on rotation of the basket and to direct4 the water back into thetub which is then disposed in its lowered position. The shell alsoserves during the washing operation to prevent the water from splashingout of the tub.

By this arrangement the same wash water may be used several times andthe tub is easier to fill when near thefloor than in a raised position.

Although I have shown and described a specific construction andarrangement of parts, it is obvious that various alterations of the samemaybe made withoutdeparting from the spirit ofthe invention. i

I claim:

Ina washing machine, a revolvable reticuenereling the basket andextending between the basket and the tub when the latter is in itsuppermost position Suid shell communieatng at its lower end withtheinterior of the tub, said shell acting to collect water thrown from tbebasket when the tub is in its lower-most position and direct the waterinto the tub, means for rotating the basket, and means Jr'or raising'and lowering the, tub.

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